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Did UB yesterday.

Youngest son and I went for a 4 mile hike/stump shoot. First good hike with everything in pack needed for my hunt this fall. Need to tweak some things but went well.

Cardio intervals today, 800 in 62.

Last couple days:

Treadmill 30 minutes x2 with 15 lb weights in each hand for 20 minutes.
Rower: 2x30 minutes.

Sets of squats, lat pull downs, lunges, leg curls, push-ups, dead lifts, body squats, box step-ups, set of 10-50 yd run followed by 15 PU's, 15 body squats, BP's. Lunch walks.

Back on to watching the diet. Down 4lbs in three weeks.

Me too, I've been cutting back on the wife's beer. She's dropped two pounds.

Warmup:
6min Med Ball Indian run
Dynamic stretching

Skill:
Core/Hamstring work - 3 rounds
1min Vups
1min swimmers abs
1min hamstring pushup things

Workout:
3 rounds
3 min 100m shuttle run
3 min piked bear crawls (I can't handstand walk)

Didn't keep score as I sucked...

Best make sure that makes her happy or she may drop 185 or so.

I'm on vacation on Lake Michigan. I did shoot some hoops yesterday and almost broke a sweat. How awesome is THAT!

Gonna need to hit it hard when I get home. There will be pain.

PS- now my nephew calls me "Uncle Airball". Ouch.

When the numbers add up there are always aches and pain. Goes with the numbers.

Then there was the 80+ year old triathlon guy they interviewed after he ran his last Hawaii and since he just made the minimum time said it would be his last. When asked how he trained he said, "I'm lucky, I've never had joint or arthritis pain. I've hurt myself, but always recovered to be pain free." Rare bird.

I've been blessed with good joints... so far... knock on wood.... for a 6'4" guy. I did tear up a hip pretty good skiing in the winter of '87, it hurts all the time but is manageable and responds well to everything except jolting impact.

I pulled a Steens deer tag again, against ALL odds, and will be doing a solo backpack hunt this fall into this terrain. The pack starts at ~ 9500 ft elevation. No trail. I have some work to do before October.

Hmmmm.... that looks familar.

Treadmill with weights.

Ran around doing 4 rotating sets each of BP, seated rows, PU's, Smokes favorite Glut machine, bench flys and leg extensions. Huffed and puffed more than the treadmill.

Sunday I worked upper body pretty hard. Today I did a half hour treadmill and 15 minutes on a bike. I'm turning over a new leaf . Going forward I'm focusing more on cardio. Being a strong fat guy ain't doin' it for me anymore.

Should add actual workout stuff instead of just a picture.

I've done zero actual workouts lately. Fell off the wagon in favor of laying a bunch of blue board and hydronic tubing to match for the shop. Typical summer - got too busy for my own good and ran myself ragged. Less than a month till sheep hunting, so need to make another run at the weights.

Did some sprints this week at around midnight (after a few beers of course). I'm still sore from that 10 minutes of activity.

Lower body today, + core.

2.5 hrs of push mowing the lawn with 65lb pack.

That is a winner. Good work!!!!

Warmup:
Hang Cleans and Jerk Drops 45# bar
Burgener progressions with a 45# bar
Dynamic Stretching

Skill:
5 rounds
Complex every 2 min:
1 rep muscle clean
2 reps power clean
3 reps jerk
95#s

Workout:
Clean and Jerk - 30 reps - 135#
3:33

This is a 'benchmark' workout and I was able to best my time by 7sec. Pretty stoked about that.

Good stuff pointer!

UB today.